Chapter 71 Mu Renjie's Secret ( words long chapter)
The next morning, Ruan Qingzhu and Master Zhu Dan came to Xiao Changqing to express their gratitude.
With the help of the evil-breaking talisman and the calming talisman, the evil spirit that was entangled with He Liang was finally eliminated.
He Liang slept peacefully last night and was not troubled by nightmares again.
The next step is to use elixirs and spiritual food to nourish the body and slowly restore vitality.
"Master Xiao, could you please take some time to draw two more advanced evil-breaking talismans and calming talismans today? The price is negotiable. I am worried that the evil spirit in my son seems to have been suppressed and eliminated now, but the situation may recur in the future. I keep two talismans as backup in case of emergency."
Ruan Qingzhu was wearing a red robe, which was very bright but not gaudy. Born in Baihua Valley, she had an extraordinary temperament and skin as white as snow. She did not look old just because of her old age and having given birth to a child.
Instead, she looked more mature and plump, with a bit more charm that ordinary female cultivators did not have.
According to rumors, the first criterion for selecting disciples in Baihua Valley is natural spiritual roots, and the second criterion is appearance.
If your appearance is not good enough, it will be difficult to become an inner disciple in Baihua Valley.
No wonder Zhu Youlong, as a top-grade first-class alchemist, had plenty of young female cultivators in Nanshanfang for him to choose from, but he was only in love with Ruan Qingzhu and was willing to give her one-sidedly.
However, Xiao Changqing is not Zhu Youlong, and he will agree to Ruan Qingzhu's request unconditionally.
"I'm really sorry, this is not about the price. Yesterday, the life of Shopkeeper Ruan's son was in danger, and Master Zhu came to plead for mercy, so I made an exception and drew the talisman privately. Now that the evil spirit has been eliminated, if I still draw the talisman privately, it will be a violation of the rules of the Spirit Talisman Pavilion. If Shopkeeper Ruan still wants the Evil-Breaking Talisman and the Calming Talisman, you might as well go to the Spirit Talisman Pavilion and discuss with our Shopkeeper Zhou to see if you can buy them from the Spirit Talisman Pavilion."
Xiao Changqing said.
Now, with Xiao Changqing's strength and attainments in talisman skills, he is actually enough to set up his own business. He is not afraid of Zhou Changkong, let alone the sanctions from the Lingfu Pavilion.
But since you are still in the Lingfu Pavilion, you should still abide by the rules of the Lingfu Pavilion.
What's more, the current situation is turbulent, and no one knows when the evil cult will invade in large numbers. When troubled times come, having the identity of the Luoxia Sect behind you may be helpful in times of crisis.
"I was abrupt."
Ruan Qingzhu did not force it and said that he would find time to discuss with Zhou Changkong to see if he could purchase a batch of evil-breaking talismans and mind-calming talismans.
Afterwards, Xiao Changqing asked about the specific circumstances of Yinye Peak and He Liang's distress.
Master Zhu Dan came and went in a hurry yesterday, and he himself was not very clear about some things.
"What my son encountered was probably not the evil cultivators of the Demon Sect, but the legendary evil spirits. The methods of the evil spirits are much more bizarre than those of the evil cultivators. Moreover, if the evil cultivators of the Demon Sect had such evil and bizarre methods, they would not let my son return to Nanshanfang alive." Ruan Qingzhu told everything he knew truthfully, "It is rumored that the evil spirits were rampant in the ancient times of cultivating immortals. For cultivators, they are a hidden danger that is more threatening than monsters. But in the Middle Ages, the powerful evil spirits had been wiped out, leaving only a few weak evil spirits. Until now, weak evil spirits are almost extinct. If it weren't for my son's bad luck, he might not encounter one in his life..."
"So, Manager Ruan thinks that this was just an accident and purely bad luck for your son?" Xiao Changqing asked.
Ruan Qingzhu thought about it, and finally said cautiously: "In theory, it is so. But I personally feel that things are not that simple... But no matter what, as long as you are careful to avoid evil spirits and flee in time when encountering strange things, evil spirits generally will not chase you. If you have talismans such as evil-breaking talismans and calming talismans that can suppress evil spirits and unclean things, it will be safer."
"For cultivators like us, the biggest threat right now is that the evil cultivators of the Demon Sect seem to want to start a war."
Xiao Changqing nodded in agreement.
In comparison, although the mysterious and strange evil spirits are scary, the probability of encountering them is small, and they will not specifically target monks.
However, the evil cultivators of the Demonic Cult are invading on a large scale, and the practitioners of the Dayu Kingdom will be targeted and hunted down.
"After the fall of Yinye Peak, does Manager Ruan think Nanshanfang is still safe?" Xiao Changqing asked again, wanting to know what the other party, as a disciple of Baihua Valley, thought about this matter.
Ruan Qingzhu couldn't help but smile upon hearing this, and said, "Master Xiao Fu, don't worry about this. Nanshanfang and Yinye Peak are completely different. If Nanshanfang hadn't had the Patriarch of the Mu family who had reached the late stage of foundation building before, there might have been some danger. But now that the Patriarch of the Mu family is here, Nanshanfang is as solid as a rock and there won't be any danger. Moreover, even before, without the Patriarch of the Mu family, Luoxia Sect and Baihua Valley would have sent elders to help guard Nanshanfang."
"So, Nanshanfang will definitely be fine. Once Nanshanfang is in danger, it would be equivalent to the evil cultivators of the Demon Sect declaring war on the Dayu Immortal Cultivation World and invading on a large scale."
It seems that the situation is better than I thought?
Xiao Changqing still believed in Ruan Qingzhu's point of view to some extent.
But I don’t completely believe it.
We must continue to make the necessary preparations.
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Cave No. 1, Type A.
As the cave with the highest level of spiritual veins and the most abundant spiritual energy in Nanshanfang, naturally no one else can live here except Mu Renjie.
Moreover, Mu Renjie's strength has reached the late stage of foundation building, and the level of spiritual veins he needs for cultivation has also been raised to the late second stage.
In the entire Nanshanfang, only the Jiayi Cave Mansion can meet this standard.
After annexing the two major foundation-building families, the Xu family and the Zhang family, and suppressing the Cao family, which had two foundation-building families, without any chance of fighting back, Mu Renjie did nothing and spent most of his time practicing in seclusion in the No. 1 Cave A.
He almost completely ignored family affairs. Sometimes when the elders of the clan came to him for important matters, he would simply ignore them.
Every time he was forced to show up, he looked unhappy, and he dealt with it hastily and then let it go.
Now, not only is no one in the outside world daring to go against Mu Renjie, in fact, even within the Mu family, no one dares to sing a different tune from Mu Renjie or dare to express any objection.
In short, no one dares to go against Mu Renjie's words.
The only better person was his daughter Mu Chunfeng. He could occasionally listen to what she said and accept it reluctantly.
So gradually, the Mu family got used to discussing things with the family elders and Mu Chunfeng, and tried not to disturb Mu Renjie.
Anyway, the Mu family only needs to have the name of Mu Renjie to be successful in Nanshanfang, and no one dares to disrespect them.
Cave A No. 1 became a "forbidden zone" and no one dared to come.
At this moment, in the cave, Mu Renjie's whole body was shrouded in black mist. The power that was enough to make ordinary Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators feel palpitations filled the cave. A round black and gold jade the size of a fist floated above Mu Renjie's head.
There seemed to be countless wailing sounds coming from within the jade, conveying a scent of evil.
But Mu Renjie seemed to be using jade to practice and increase his cultivation and strength.
boom!
It was unknown how long had passed before the jade was absorbed into Mu Renjie's body. An expression of pain and ferocity appeared on his face, which lasted for a while before fading away.
But his aura was still sinister, and his eyes were full of hostility.
"Why? I have clearly completely refined the Netherworld Holy Stone, but I don't have the strength comparable to the Core Formation Realm, and only have the strength of the late Foundation Establishment Realm?"
"Could it be that my transformation into cultivation was not thorough enough? Or that I didn't devour enough souls?"
"If there are too few souls of Qi Refining cultivators, they are useless to me. Only at the Foundation Establishment stage, the soul has undergone a fundamental change after being cleansed and tempered by the power of heaven and earth. Devouring one can increase the power of the Dark Sacred Stone."
"The Cao family has two people who have established their foundation, especially Cao Hao, who has actually broken through to the middle stage of the foundation. His soul must be much stronger than that of the early stage of the foundation..."
"What a pity. Cao Hao is too timid. He has been hiding in the Cao family's formation for the past two years. Even with the mediation of Luoxia Sect and Baihua Valley, he dare not come out again..."
"Humph! When I have the strength of the Jindan realm, even if Cao Hao is a coward, he won't be able to stop me with the blessing of the Cao family's formation!"
"But how can I achieve the level of a Jindan? Am I practicing incorrectly, or is my method of refining incorrect?"
Mu Renjie was thinking hard.
But as he thought about it, an inexplicable violent emotion rose up from the bottom of his heart, making him want to kill and devour souls urgently.
"Damn it!"
"I can't break the Cao family's formation for now. So the only one left in Nanshanfang who is still in the Foundation Establishment Stage is Zhou Changkong from the Lingfu Pavilion..."
"After absorbing Zhou Changkong's soul, perhaps my compatibility with the Netherworld Holy Stone will be better, and I can achieve a strength that is truly comparable to the Core Forming Realm. At that time, I will be able to break the Cao family's tortoise shell, killing three birds with one stone!"
Unconsciously, Mu Renjie's eyes also turned black, as if stained with ink, and the whites of his eyes could not be seen.
Nanshanfang originally had six great foundation-building cultivators, plus Zhou Changkong from Luoxia Sect. The Zhang family's ancestor died of old age, the Xu family's foundation-building cultivator was killed and devoured by Mu Renjie, and the two Cao family's foundation-building cultivators were hiding and not coming out.
The last one in the Foundation Establishment Realm is the boss behind Laifeng Tower, a female in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
In the war between the Nanshanfang foundation-building families, this female foundation-building master did not participate. She stood neutral and did not help either side.
After the final result of the war came out, the Mu family won a great victory and became the overlord of Nanshanfang. This female foundation-building master also took the initiative to show goodwill to the Mu family and was willing to give 20% of the profits to the Mu family.
I thought I could get through this peacefully.
But what outsiders don’t know is that half a year ago, this female monk was ambushed and killed by Mu Renjie when she was completely defenseless.
Therefore, the only cultivator who was 'left out' in Nanshanfang now was Zhou Changkong, the owner of Lingfu Pavilion.
"No, Zhou Changkong is from Luoxia Sect. No matter how secretive I am, once he dies in Nanshan Square, Luoxia Sect will definitely send someone to investigate..."
Mu Renjie muttered to himself, as if he was discussing something with someone.
next moment.
His body trembled violently, and a cold smile appeared on his face again, as if he had become a different person: "What are you afraid of? As long as the Jindan Sect Master of Luoxia Sect does not come to Nanshan Square in person, no matter how many Foundation Establishment Realm he sends here, they will just become my 'food'..."
Then, after a look of pain appeared on Mu Renjie's face, he returned to normal: "No, no. Killing Zhou Changkong is too dangerous. Once discovered, I will be regarded as an evil cultivator, and from then on I will no longer have a place in the Great Yu Immortal Cultivation World!"
The sinister face reappeared: "Being an evil cultivator is actually quite good. I am free and no longer have to worry about any moral rules. I can do whatever I want. As long as I can improve my cultivation strength, everything is worth it! Isn't this the original intention of my cultivation? As long as I have strong strength, it doesn't matter where I go!"
He struggled with a painful face: "No. If I become an evil cultivator, what will happen to the Mu family? Everyone in the Mu family will be implicated by me and will die without a burial place!"
Sinister face: "Do I really have to worry about the Mu family? What does their life and death have to do with me? Have you forgotten how they treated me in the past? If I hadn't had a great opportunity and successfully built my foundation, I would still be the one in the Mu family who was looked down upon and not favored! Now, everyone regards me as the hope of the family and flatters me... I am just a bunch of disgusting people!"
Painful face: "Even if I don't care about other people in the Mu family, I can't care about my daughter!"
The gloomy face said: "Then send our daughter away in advance! It just so happens that she has already started to plan for foundation building and needs to buy foundation building pills. Perhaps this is a good opportunity to send her away from Nanshanfang..."
Two faces, like two personalities, one positive and one negative, are constantly fighting within Mu Renjie's body.
But in the end, the gloomy face dominated, and Mu Renjie's whole body was covered by an evil black aura.
He really couldn't stand the fact that his full potential was being held back and he couldn't bring himself to display his full potential. It was very uncomfortable.
Moreover, more than half a year has passed since the last time a foundation-building cultivator was killed.
During this period, he had a hard time enduring.
……
……
Two flowers bloom, one branch each.
at the same time.
Outside the Nanshan market, in a valley two hundred miles away, a pile of corpses were lying in a mess.
These corpses were not ordinary people in their lifetime, but cultivators who had achieved great success in their practice.
Most of them were in the Qi Refining Stage, and one of them was even in the Foundation Establishment Stage!
But no matter whether they were in the Qi Refining Stage or the Foundation Building Stage, they all died miserably. They were killed directly without even having experienced a decent battle.
The culprits are none other than the two evil cultivators with powerful auras and unfathomable strength!
"Compared with Yinye Peak, Nanshanfang is much more difficult to attack. The two of us cannot take action ourselves, so how can we attack it with the mob of third-rate and ninth-school people? The chess piece you deployed back then, the guy named Mu Renjie, has barely increased in strength and has already possessed strength comparable to that of a late Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. But this guy broke his promise and refused to join us! Now, he has become the most difficult bone to chew in protecting Nanshanfang..."
The one who spoke was a charming female cultivator with a pale face and dark red lips. She was dressed revealingly, with a large area of her robe empty on her chest, revealing a large area of snow-white skin and bottomless cleavage.
Under her feet, there was a giant black python spitting out snake-like particles and devouring the corpse of the monk on the ground.
One man and one snake, extremely terrifying.
The other male monk had a handsome appearance, with fluttering clothes and a folding fan in his hand. He looked like a gentleman and a righteous man.
He said slowly and calmly, "Breaking your promise? Haha, Snake Queen, you think too much. Wait and see, and you will understand the beauty of this. You succeeded in building your foundation with my help, and you took away my Netherworld Holy Stone. You still want to do things for the righteous path. This is too unrealistic."
The charming female cultivator known as 'Snake Princess' turned her head slightly and said with a charming smile: "Oh? It seems that Master Yin San has another trick up his sleeve."
The third son of Yin in white looked like he had everything under control. He sighed, "No one can resist the temptation of the Netherworld Holy Stone, not to mention that he is a cunning and fickle person who will do anything to become stronger. After tasting the sweetness, how could he stop? Not only Nanshan Square, but also Luoxia Sect and Baihua Valley may have to pay the price for this chess piece of mine!"
"That's good. After all, it's not convenient for us to take action right now, and the environment in the Southern Wasteland is getting worse and worse. We don't have much time left..."
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Yishi Cave Mansion.
Painting interior.
Xiao Changqing, holding a silver moon wolf-hair brush, drew smoothly on a piece of carefully crafted talisman paper.
Under the control of powerful spiritual consciousness, every stroke was made with precision and accuracy, and the infusion of magic power was also accurate to the last detail.
hum!
When the last stroke was completed, the entire talisman was connected from beginning to end, and immediately a flash of light appeared on the talisman paper. All the strokes seemed to come alive, faintly attracting the power of heaven and earth, and the vast and hot aura was finally hidden inside the talisman paper.
"Second-level Calming Spirit Talisman, done!"
Xiao Changqing looked at the newly-made talisman on the table with a satisfied smile on his face.
Nearly a month had passed since Ruan Qingzhu's son returned to Nanshanfang. The news that Yinye Peak had been breached by the evil cultivators of the Demon Cult had gradually spread to Nanshanfang.
Ordinary cultivators were cut off from the news and had no idea what was happening.
However, most of the monks living in the Yi-shaped Cave knew about it.
For a moment, people couldn't help but panic, fearing that Nanshanfang would follow the same fate as Yinye Peak at any time.
However, everyone's thoughts were similar to what Ruan Qingzhu said to Xiao Changqing. Although they were worried, they did not think that Nanshanfang would really be breached.
First of all, Nanshanfang and Yinye Peak have different geographical and strategic locations. They are protected by the two major Jindan sects, Luoxia Sect and Baihua Valley. Secondly, Nanshanfang also has a great cultivator, Mu Renjie, who is in the late foundation building stage.
Unless an evil cultivator of the Jindan stage comes to kill us personally, Nanshanfang will be as safe as a rock.
No matter what others think, Xiao Changqing is just secretly making preparations in case of emergency.
Lin Ziyu had just collected all the materials to make a second-level talisman yesterday, and today he spent a second-level calming talisman.
"One is definitely not enough, draw a few more!"
"He Liang was involved in an evil spirit, and although it was driven away by the first-level evil-breaking talisman and the calming talisman, he did not actually come into contact with the evil spirit and retreated in time. If he had encountered the evil spirit itself, a second-level talisman might not have been effective."
After resting for a quarter of an hour and adjusting himself to the best condition, Xiao Changqing started painting again with the talisman pen.
Now his soul has reached a strength of thirty feet, which is considered pretty good among cultivators in the early stage of foundation building.
Therefore, he no longer had to feel so exhausted that he needed to rest for a long time after drawing a second-level talisman like he did a year ago. He could continue drawing.
(End of this chapter)
